Maria Chegodaeva

PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST

Maria Chegodaeva
Zurab Tsereteli: A Sunny Man

№4 2008 (21)

For many Zurab Tsereteli is a unique individual, and the only such one among the people I know – at least among those who play an important role in modern art and modern life. We are living now through a time of anxiety. The world has lost its sure footing, people have lost faith in the old values and, as it seems, in themselves as well – they can no longer get along without technical “crutches”. Lack of confidence in the future, and a panicked anticipation of forthcoming cataclysms dominate, coupled with a fear of failing to keep up with fashions, missing something, receiving less than one is due... The older generation is afraid of being labeled as retrograde. Life – what a frightening thing...

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

Maria Chegodaeva
Presenting Dmitry Zhilinsky’s Works

№4 2007 (17)

Stylistically, most works by modern artists may be described with reference to a certain school – it could be classicism, or post-impressionism, or even some of the “trends” … Dmitry Zhilinsky’s works are an exception: they are truly unique and cannot be identified with any of the known schools. There is no other artist working in the same manner as Zhilinsky.

THE 250th ANNIVERSARY OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS

Maria Chegodayeva
Tsereteli in Paris. Le dernier grand style

№3 2007 (16)

In one of its halls the Unesco Headquarters in Paris has a splendid work by Miro, a mosaic wall of rare beauty and harmony with perfect composition, rhythm and colour. The exhibition of Zurab Tsereteli’s works held there during May 2007 included this room as well, a great honour and also a great challenge for an artist. To hold your own next to this masterpiece by Miro is no easy matter. And in general to exhibit your works in Paris, where everything, Notre Dame and the Sainte Chapelle, the Louvre, the Musée d’Orsay, the memorial museums of Rodin and Picasso and the very town itself vibrate with art, and where all periods and styles and all major artists are present. You have the feeling that any moment now Degas, Van Gogh, Cezanne or Matisse might come and sit down at your table. So to be counted one of their equals is something very few modern artists could ever hope for.

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